Word: illicitness
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Although a halogen is a bit more noticeable during a room inspection, the penalty appears to be the same as owning an illicit toaster or hotplate...
...past two decades, may actually have made the binging problem worse. Instead of drinking in well-monitored settings, the young often experiment in private homes and bars, where there are few checks in place to deter dangerous practices. And research suggests that making alcohol illegal may give it an illicit thrill for younger drinkers. "By setting a high drinking age, what we have inadvertently done is say that drinking is an adult activity, and that makes it especially appealing to younger people," says David Hanson, a sociologist who specializes in alcohol abuse and education. Fraternity parties are famous for drinking...
...parents' avowed political beliefs but pick up their parents' social-sexual mores and run with them. They smoke, drink, take drugs and have sex--earlier than we ever dreamed of doing. According to recent government surveys, 45% of 10th-graders and 31% of eighth-graders say they have taken illicit drugs; 21% of 10th- and 10% of eighth-graders say they have been drunk in the past month. In 1995, 50% of girls ages 15 to 19 said they had had intercourse, compared with 29% in 1970, when our famous sexual revolution was in full swing...
CAREFUL WHOM YOU LIVE WITH Nondrinkers living with abusers of alcohol face almost twice the normal risk of being violently killed. People who don't use illicit drugs but live with a drug abuser are at more than 11 times the normal risk of being murdered...
This year's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse should be a balm for many a baby boomer's conscience. For the first time since 1992, illicit drug use among the tear-jerkingly precious 12- to 17-year-old age group has declined, dropping slightly to 9 percent from 10.9 percent in 1995 after three years of sharp increases...